Canadian healthcare workers’ mental health and health behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from nine representative samples between April 2020 and February 2022

Boucher, V. G., Haight, B. L., Léger, C., Deslauriers, F., Bacon, S. L., Lavoie, K. L., Puterman, E. M., Granana, N., Boyle, J., Danchin, M., Enticott, J., Kaufman, J., Kautzky-Willer, A., Caputo, E., Baydoun, M., Gershon, A., Bélanger-Gravel, A., Carlson, L., Corace, K., Dev, R., Drouin, O., Garber, G., Boucher, V. G., Gupta, S., Herba, C., Jedwab, J., Joyal-Desmarais, K., Kennedy, E., Liu, J., Pelaez, S., Poirier, P., Presseau, J., Puterman, E., Rash, J., Saint-Charles, J., Stojanovic, J., Spivock, M., Szczepanik, G., Vallis, M., Lemos-Hoyos, M., Kassianos, A., Ninot, G., Beraneck, M., Ditzen, B., Skoura, T., Francis, D. L., Durand, H., Meade, O., Molloy, G., Noone, C., Paduano, S., Raparelli, V., Oburu, H., Bari, A. Z., Nagyova, I., Fischer, S., Şimşek, C., Hart, J., Byrne-Davis, L., Paine, N., Michie, S., Okun, M., Gorin, S. S., Thrul, J., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., Yohannes, A., Dawadi, S., Ranakombu, K., Neto, D. H., Deslauriers, F., Gagnon-Hébert, A., Jamil, M., Léger, C., MacLeay, C., Vieira, A. M., O’Connor, S., van Allen, Z., Torres, S., Duval, S., O’Malley, J., Séguin, K., Warkentin, K., Nethan, S. et iCare study team (2023). Canadian healthcare workers’ mental health and health behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from nine representative samples between April 2020 and February 2022. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 114 (5). pp. 823-839. ISSN 1920-7476 DOI 10.17269/s41997-023-00807-z

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Objective
In the context of COVID-19, Canadian healthcare workers (HCWs) worked long hours, both to respond to the pandemic and to compensate for colleagues who were not able to work due to infection and burnout. This may have had detrimental effects on HCWs’ mental health, as well as engagement in health-promoting behaviours. This study aimed to identify changes in mental health outcomes and health behaviours experienced by Canadian HCWs throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods
Nine representative samples (Ntotal = 1615 HCWs) completed the iCARE survey using an online polling firm between April 2020 (Time 1) and February 2022 (Time 9). Participants were asked about the psychological effects of COVID-19 (e.g., feeling anxious) and about changes in their health behaviours (e.g., alcohol use, physical activity).

Results
A majority of the HCWs identified as female (65%), were younger than 44 years old (66%), and had a university degree (55%). Female HCWs were more likely than male HCWs to report feeling anxious (OR = 2.68 [1.75, 4.12]), depressed (OR = 1.63 [1.02, 2.59]), and irritable (OR = 1.61 [1.08, 2.40]) throughout the first two years of the pandemic. Female HCWs were more likely than their male counterparts to report eating more unhealthy diets (OR = 1.54 [1.02, 2.31]). Significant differences were also revealed by age, education level, income, parental status, health status, and over time.

Conclusion
Results demonstrate that the impacts of COVID-19 on HCWs’ mental health and health behaviours were significant, and varied by sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., sex, age, income).

Type de document:	Article
Mots-clés libres:	Healthcare workers Mental health COVID-19 Health behaviour
Date de dépôt:	25 juin 2025 18:57
Dernière modification:	25 juin 2025 18:57
Version du document déposé:	Post-print (version corrigée et acceptée)
URI:	https://depot-e.uqtr.ca/id/eprint/12014

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